In 2011, nine years after her supposed murder, Mekala had appeared before government officials in Madurai, in a dramatic twist to the case. Since then it has taken her four years and a DNA report to convince the world about her existence.

Appealing to the opposition for smooth running of Parliament, the government today said that it is prepared for any debate, seeking their co-operation for passage of important bills during the upcoming monsoon session.

Putting an end to the century-old practice of not serving non-vegetarian food in canteens on the campus of the Madras High Court, a group of lawyers on Friday served meat items to the litigants and public.

The production will be increased from 2 million(mn) tyres a month to 2.3 million tyres in the company's plants at Madurai (Tamil Nadu) and Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), TVS Tyres Director P Vijayaraghavan told reporters here.

The probe in connection with the hacking of Meenakshi Temple website in Madurai has been handed over to CB-CID police as a militant outfit with alleged links in Pakistan, was suspected to be behind it, police said.

Mercedes-Benz India has clearly been on the move this year and not only on the product front but also expanding its footprint in India. The German car maker recently inaugurated their fourth outlet in Tamil Nadu in the city of Madurai.

'Coming to the aid of a 95-year old man who was denied old age pension on the ground that he was fit enough to work, The Madras High Court in Madurai on Friday ordered that he be provided the financial assistance within four weeks.

The Madurai Police in Tamil Nadu has arrested the parents of a young woman who had eloped with a Dalit man for suspected dishonor killing. The parents claim their daughter committed suicide and had cremated her body without informing the police.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court yesterday ordered issue of notice to Secretaries of Home, Industries and Commerce and Director of Explosives seeking their reply within four weeks on a petition praying for a direction to the Centre to impose conditions such as explosives license holders shall not sell Chinese fireworks.

Tamil Nadu Police yesterday informed the Madras High Court bench that the number of complaints against teachers, principals and professors, blaming them for students committing suicide were very few compared to the number of suicides during January 2009-August 2014 period.

The Madras High Court yesterday directed the cyber crime cell of Tamil Nadu Police to submit to it by September 22 details of complaints received in the past one decade of offences like sharing objectionable photographs of women on the Internet.